Re: When to use [convertchars] ?!?!?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > > [convertchars] works excellent in one scenario... > > If I append the [paragraph] to a database: > > ¶graph=[convertchars][paragraph][/convertchars] > > no, use- > ¶graph=[url][paragraph][/url] > to get it into your db Ok, but it works with [convertchars][paragraph][/convertchars] too. > > But! When sending the form variables to a [writefile] context. > > > > [writefile news.htm] > > [convertchars][paragraph] goes here.[/convertchars] > > [/writefile] > > take off the [convertchars] here > > [convertchars] is only for displaying to the final end user - > within the HTML itself. > (so that for example a ® (I mean the reg. symbol i.e. > 'option=R') shows right even > in old browsers that need ® - or whatever the ISO code is) Either way...with or without [convertchars] in the [writefile] context...the result is the same. Carriage returns are not being converted. I did however find another solution...but I'm not sure how safe it is.I append the form variables to the database as before. Then, instead of posting variables directly to the [writefile] context, I pull them from the database. So, instead of:[writefile news.htm] [convertchars][paragraph] goes here.[/convertchars] [/writefile]I would use the following:[append db=blah, blah, blah]paragraph=[url][paragraph][/url][/append] [writefile news.htm] [search db=blah, blah, blah] [founditems] [convertchars][paragraph] goes here.[/convertchars] [/founditems] [/search] [/writefile] This gives me the result I want, but I'm worried about stability, due to the fact that the information is being appended to the database, then pulled back out for the [writefile] almost simultaneously. Could this cause problems? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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> > [convertchars] works excellent in one scenario... > > If I append the [paragraph] to a database: > > ¶graph=[convertchars][paragraph][/convertchars] > > no, use- > ¶graph=[url][paragraph][/url] > to get it into your db Ok, but it works with [convertchars][paragraph][/convertchars] too. > > But! When sending the form variables to a [writefile] context. > > > > [writefile news.htm] > > [convertchars][paragraph] goes here.[/convertchars] > > [/writefile] > > take off the [convertchars] here > > [convertchars] is only for displaying to the final end user - > within the HTML itself. > (so that for example a ® (I mean the reg. symbol i.e. > 'option=R') shows right even > in old browsers that need ® - or whatever the ISO code is) Either way...with or without [convertchars] in the [writefile] context...the result is the same. Carriage returns are not being converted. I did however find another solution...but I'm not sure how safe it is.I append the form variables to the database as before. Then, instead of posting variables directly to the [writefile] context, I pull them from the database. So, instead of:[writefile news.htm] [convertchars][paragraph] goes here.[/convertchars] [/writefile]I would use the following:[append db=blah, blah, blah]paragraph=[url][paragraph][/url][/append] [writefile news.htm] [search db=blah, blah, blah] [founditems] [convertchars][paragraph] goes here.[/convertchars] [/founditems] [/search] [/writefile] This gives me the result I want, but I'm worried about stability, due to the fact that the information is being appended to the database, then pulled back out for the [writefile] almost simultaneously. Could this cause problems? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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